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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Viruses on FTP sites??
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.191953.5631@uwasa.fi>
Date: 9 Apr 91 19:19:53 GMT
References: <12702.28012bda@amherst.bitnet>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <12702.28012bda@amherst.bitnet> pshamlen@amherst.bitnet writes:
>(I apologize if this repeats a recent post, but I have not found any reference
>to the topic in the news items listed at my site.)
>
>What protection, if any, do the FTP sites provide against programs containing 
>viruses?  Some bulletin board operators check each program uploaded for common
>viruses, but this usually takes a fair amount of time.  Do some FTP sites do
>the same?  Have there been any cases of infected programs on FTP sites? Do some
>users check the programs that they download?
:

I apologize that this reply repeats a recent post :-) but you can
find information (also) on this question in the ubiquitous
/pc/ts/tsfaq19.arc Frequently Asked Questions collection. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi
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